Susana Lei’ataua is a journalist and broadcaster with RNZ National where she is a presenter, producer and newsreader. She is from the Lei'ataua and Taupa'u families of Manono, Samoa. Susana is the founder of LAKA in Onehunga which champions heritage and contemporary art and culture of the Pacific region. With her theatre practice Susana was a Fulbright Senior Scholar at New York University’s Asia/Pacific/American Institute.